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OEEGON CITY, OIIEGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913.
Per Week, .Ten Cents.
CONTRACT FIRM
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Members of Federal Mediation Board Who Are
Endeavoring to Avert Big Railroad Strike.
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With Mayor Jones presiding with
his coat off and his shirt-sleeves rolled
up, and with Chief of Po'ice Shaw
kept lmsy filling the water pitcher so
that the eouncilmen could keep cool
drinking the limpid ice water sup
plied by the city, Wednesday night's
regular council meeting was a whril
wind of energy and accomplishment,
fans to clean up the slats had been
made sometime before the meeting,
and in a very large measure this was
done even though the proceeding were
opened with the reading of a two
page report of "unfinished business
before the council and in the hands
of regular and special committees."
Councilman Hill who has been absent
for the past four months, was present,
and helped in the rush of -business.
Applications of a property owner to
have the interest on an assessment
charged placed in 1906 remitted be
cause he had received no notice of the
assessment was denied, on the ground
that if thi3 was done in one case it
would have to be done in all. Appli
cation for the placing of a fire hy
drant in the middle of the suspension
bridge was referred to the recorder
and county court for a conference.
The Bank of Oregon City requested
permission to erect a glass canopy
over its Main sr.reet 'entrance and a
steel awning over the Si..th street
entrance. This was referred -.he
street committee.
First actiou jut of ronti. came
when a petition or remonstrance was
received from property owners on
7th street asking the council to sea to
it that when the improvement of the
street was carried through to the west
line of Hish street the thoroughfare
be made 60 feet wide all the way to
the op of the bluff. City Engineer
Noble presented a plat, showing that
if this part of the street were but 40
feet wide, it would give practically a
CO-foot s;re?t. owing to the shiin
curve m the roadway at this point. Af- j
ter considerable discussion, however, j
Prmnrilroqn T-lnrtnn moved that the
street be carried through at a 60-foot I
width, and this was adopted. j
It developnrl lnit, n the " eniri! i
thai thta action in regard to seventh
street ba unset the n'ans for the bal
ance of the improvement of the main
hill thorouehfare, and the recorder
was ordered to draw up a new. resolu
tion for the improvement embracing
this feature, which will eliminate the
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nrv Ti-nri.- rrnr t n i f in r f l hutxt ti r ornop
way out of it. This further delay on
on the Seventh street matter was the
on'v failure of the "go ahead
policy
"on Hnd for the evening.
App'ioatinn from the Portland Rail
wav, Light & Power company to put
two cross-arms upon the public ele-
v;'ror rower ai oevemu sireet ,io carry i
it, ov.p .,nd cIty fire alarm wlr38( I
was referred to the elevator commit
tee. A petition from property owners in
the district to bnva abated what was
termed the nuisance of the barn used
by Williams Brothers Transfer com
ppny. at High and Sixth streets, was
referred to the health and police com
mittee. The petitioners stated that
the barn containel horses and mules
that stamped all night, that it was in
an unsanitary condition, trave offen
sive odors, and was a breeding place 1
for flies.
The city engineer was ordered to
of Madison street, where owing to the !
tr,.or,, ho r,, f tv, i
otroot ari 50 foot nhnnt the nther A
concrete retaining wall will separate
the grades.
A dog-house, and a woodshed that
projected 16 inches into an alley in
a downtown block, were ordered re
moved by the council, and the alley
thrown open to the public. In this
matter City Recorder Stipp and City
Attorney Stone presented conflicting
legal opinions, but the council bet on
Mr. Stipp's opinion, and ordered the KIRKSVILLE, Mb., Aug. 6 Many
alley opened. messages of greeting were received
Assessments for improvement of here today to remind Dr. Andrew T.
Thirteenth street, and for Main street ! Still, famous as the founder of osteo
from Moss to the Abernethy bridge ' pathy. that this was his eighty-fifty
were annroved on renort of snecial I birthday anniversary. Dr. Still was
committees.
Ordinances providing for
the
re-
Keep Cool!
A nice shady place, where,
you can get the cool breezes
from the river. lice cream and
all kinds of sofe drinks.
The Open Air Ice
Cream Parlors
At West End of Suspen
sion Bridge
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When a duck lays an egg, it never
says a word
When a hen lays an egg, the whole
neighborhood knows about it she
.. advertises.
Hence the demand for hen's eggs.
DO YOU ADVERTISE?
ducing in width of the alley in block
13fi, for the city entering into a con
tract to improve Division street, and
for the improvement of Main street
with hard surface paving from Moss
street to the Abernethy bridge were
passed to second reading. Monthly
reports of officers and the monthly ap
propriation to pay bills were also
rushed through. In the latter matter
there was a lively tilt over the pay
ment of money for work on Mountain
View'fire house. Councilman Albright
charging that the special committee
having this matter in hand had ex
ceeded its authority, but the bill was
voted paid, with 80ents additional to
pay for flag halyards.
Henry Brand was elected sexton at
the cemetery by a vote of five to
three, W. H. Clark being his opponent.
The mayor was instructed to ap
point a committee of five, composed
of eouncilmen and citizens, on charter j
revision. -
Towards the close of the meeting
Councilman Tooze gave notice that he
would introduce at the next session an I
ordinauce providing for the creation
of the office of ;-.i:r.bing inspector,
and providing rules and regulations I
for plumbing within the city.
Mr. Tooze, as chairman of the sne
cial committee having in hand the
purchase of the Jones rock-crusher, al
so submitted a report.-, the burden of
which was that the city could prob
ably save $1,200 per year by the pur
chose, and recommending the bnving
of the plant provided that it could be
shown that in the purchase the city
would attain superior rights to the
rock ledge, which contains some 560,
000 yards of excellent street -material.
At present the water commissioners
are said to claim that they have the
first right to the propery for reservoir
purposes. The report submitted b
Mr. Tooze want into many things be-
sides the rock-crusher, and contained
as well a plan for street maintenance
and cleaning.
JULY FINES AMPLE
FOR POLICE NEEDS
reasonably quiet and
Profitable month for the city police
of Chief S-iaw. submitt?d to tlie coun-
I'll . 1LS ir-V.ltH UlVUllll-, ivr;'iiut!)i..lj
i evening. During
the month there
were 12 persons arrested, eight of
whom paid fines aggregating $85. One
prisoner was declared not guilty, and
two were released upon promise to
leave town. The mayor and city re
corder broke even in the matter of
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trials, each hearing six cases
Throughout the month 35 hoboes
were gathered in, and were served a
total of 32 meals. The meals cost the
department $6.40, leaving a comfort
able balance from the fines to be ap
plied to department expenses.
In the month, also, the city jail was
overhauled and cleaned up, new wir
ing fixtures were installed, and the
bsatile generally freshened up, so
that in the future it will almost be a
pleasure to be a guest of the munici-
pa lty-
Lord Strathcona is 93
LONDON Aug. 6. Lord Strathcona
and Mount Royal, for many years a
years
luiemoai. limine
in Canadian public
i life and now
w-ith the exception of
; Lord Wemyss,
the oldest peer of the
realm, quietly celebrated his ninety
third birthday anniversary today. He
received a veritable food of congrat
ulatory messages and among the send
ers were hundreds of Canadians.
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born in Lee county, Virginia, Aug. 6,
1828. He served in the civil war as
j surgeon of a Kansas calvalry regiment
and after the war became post surgeon
! at the Shawnee reservation. It was
j here that the study of the human bone
i structure, especially of the spine, was
forced upon him by the death of his
! two little daughters, of spinal menin
I gitis. It was in 1874, when living-at
Baldwin, Kas., that he abandoned
traditional medical routine and began
ta practice osteopathy as it is under
stood today.
SWEDISH SERVICE
Swedish service will be held in the
Methodist church next Sunday, Aug.
10, at 3 p. m. The Rev. Otto Wm.
Westling, of Portland, will preach.
Good songs and music will be render
ed. All Scandinavians are most cor
dially invited to attend.
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From left "to right are shown Judge William jLea Chambers, udge Martin A. Knapp '"id (! V . W Hanger of
the commission of mediation and conciliation chosen under the New lands act. They are prominently identified with
the efforts being made to avert a strike of trainmen Hiid conductors on the eastern railroads, involved in a contro
versy on the question of wages. Judge Chambers, head of the board, is a lawyer of Washington He was chief jus
tine of the Internationa! eimft "f'Siimon from-18!)7 to 1!K)1 and on the Spanish treaty claims commission from l!t()l
to 15(10 Judge Knapp. ;i Nt-vr Yoiker, was for many years fhairr.vm of thf interstate commr-io- i-ommi-ssioii In Imiii
President Taft appoiittnl liim -is n additional United States circuit court judge. (. W W. llauger, a WuaUiugtxiu
man. is chief sfritNticbtir tf the li"rHaii of labor statistics. . .
BEACTIFUL WOMAN GIVES
TliM E TO HUMANE WpK
CCFYRiOnT CuinEOinsT, WASH.
Miss Mabel Boardman, head of the
Red Cross association.
EINE HOME RUINED
A fire, thought to ba of incendiary!
origin, completely destroyed the home '
of Mr. and Mrs. Glugon, of Jennings
Lodge late Tuesday night. The house,
which contained 14 rooms, was locat
ed upon Boardman avenue, and the
flames lighted up the district for
miles around, and were plainly seen
from Oregon City. Many people hers
believed the fire was in tie neighbor
hood of Oswego.
Mr. and Mrs. Glugon, who have but
recently come from Kentucky, retired
early Tuesday evening. About ten
o'c'ock Mrs. Glugon heard somebody
prowling about the house, and spoke
to her husband, but as no furcher
sounds were heard the matter was for
gotten. A few minutes later cries of
fire in the neighborhood roused them
again and they found their own dwell
ing a mass of flames. So rapid was
the spread of the fire that the owners
of the house barely had a chance to
escape with their lives.
Neighbors fornled a bucket bridage,
but their efforts were futile and the
house was burned to the'ground. No
furniture was saved from the struc
ture, and only a minimum amount of
personal effects wars carried out.
Eugene Man Here
Ralph Russell, of Eugene, was a
visitor in this city on business Wed
nesday. Mr. Russell made the trip
from Eugene on his motorcycle. Mr.
Russell left this morning for Astoria.
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Ring the Bell!
Start the Wheels!
Ts the jingle of the merchant's
cash register bell that starts the
factory wheels going.
GOODS THAT MOVE ARE
GOODS THAT KEEP THE
BELL RINGING. .Goods of merit
with which the public are made
familiar through advertising make
the merchandise of perpetual mo
tion from factory to consumer.
Retailers are successful to the
extent that they can anticipate
' public wants. Profits lies in mov- -ing
popular demand.
Demand sets in for the article
made familiar by newspaper ad
vertising and merchants are quick
to co-operate by pushing the local
demand, along.
It will pay manufacturers to
spend their money where a marlt
ket can be centralized and where
local merchants will take hold of
distribution with enthusiasm and
intelligence.
Merchants and manufacturers
interested in local advertising for
nationally distributed, articles are
invited to write to the Bureau of
Advertising, American Newspaper
Publishers Association, World
Building, New York.
BIGGEST VESSEL
CUTS-UP AT SEA
NEW YORK, Aug. G. The - steer
ing gear of the giant imperator which
docked here today,- broke Saturday
shortly before midnight, and the great
ship, utterly helpless, made circles
half a mile in diameter several times
before she could be stopped.
There were late diners in the Ritz
Carlton restaurant but most of the 803
first cabin passengers were in bed
when the steering gear suddenly snap
ped. The rudder shifted to port and
the ship took a sudden list to star
board. Drinks and food were thrown
into the laps of the diners. They
rushed on deck in terror to find the
ship beyond control running at 22
knots in a great circle.
It was found after the vessel was
stopped, that a glycerine pipe con
nected with the gear had broken sud
denly. That threw the gear out and
made it "nmanagaable. The same
thing had Happened once brir
BEAVERS BLANK VEniCE
Portland 4, Venice 0. .
Oakland 4, Los Angeles 3.
San Francisco 5, Sacramen'p 3.
Coast League Standings
Portland .557
Los Angeles , 516
Sacramento .504
Venice , . 480
Oakland 480
San Francisco .s. : .468
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WESTERN MAN AUTHORITY
UPON MINING QUESTIONS
COPYRIGHT HARRIS A EWING. WASH,
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Mon
tana, chairman committee on mines
and mining.
EMPLOYEE IN MILL
CRUSHED 10 DEATH
J. P. Roehl for many years an em
ployee of the Oregon City Woolen
mills, was killed Wednesday morning
in the company's big plant cn lower
Main street when be fell between a
moving elevator and cue of the floor
landings. Nobody witnessed the acci
dent, but it is believed that Roehl was
riding upon the elevator, and attempt
ed to step up and off the lift while
it was still in motion.
His body was ground between the
flooring of the elevator cage .and the
beams that supported the landing, and
was terribly mutillated. The man
was crushed to pulp from the waist
down. Death did not come at once,
but he' passed away, before medical at
tention could be given him.
Roehl was about 70 years of age,
and had worked in the mills for over
ten years, most of the time as a weav
er. Recently he was removed from
the looms, and as a reward for his
ong service was given easier work
operating the elevator. He is surviv
ed by hi3 widow, a woman much
younger than himself. 'Sha was his
second wife.
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Anniversary of First Mass
BAR HARBOR, Me., Aug. C. A not
table celebration was held here today
in honor of the 300th anniversary of
the first mass said on Maine soil. The
celebration was conducted by the
Main Catholic Historical society.
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CLARE COUNCILMEN, WHO
HINT REVOCATION
CITY ENGINEER PLEADS HELPLESS
Oregon Engineering & Construction
Company is Grilled for Meth
ods, and Forfaits May
be Asked .
The Oregon Engineering & Con
struction company came in for con
siderable attention at Wednesday
night's council meeting and one of
the last things the council did was to
adopt a motion made by Mr. Holman
that contracts which the company was
at present enjoying be revoked and
taken from it if the concern did not
do the work according to specifica
iiors provided by the city.
This matter was brought up by the
statement by one of the eouncilmen
that complaint had been made to him
that rock placed on Sixteenth street
was considerably larger than for
which the specifications for the work
called. City Engineer Noble admitted
that such was the case, but added that
though he had called the attention of
the contractors to it, it appeared that
nothing could be done. In the Six
teenth street case, Mr. Noble said, it
was perhaps all right to use large rock
as k would make a firmer foundation
for the street. . .
Other eouncilmen then said that
they had observed that the Oregon
Engineering & Construction company
did not always roll the various layers,
of rock, thai were put down. Mr.
Noble, asked about this also, admitted
that quite frequently streets were not
rolled as they should be. Then he
smiled, shrugged his shoulders, and
asked what he could do. It was this
question on 'his part that moved a
number of the eouncilmen to speech,
and which finally resulted in the unan
imous adoption of Mr. Herman's .mo
tion. Earlier in the evening, when a bill
for $550.30 was presented by the com
pany for a part payment on certain
work, it was pointed out that on J. Q.
Adams, Jackson and Sixteenth street
worl; of the contracting company had
not been done according to specifica
tions, and there was a disposition on
the part of some of the eouncilmen not
to allow the bill. A legal opinion was
read, however, stating that when the
supervising engineer of a city permit
ted ?-i c;f:oa'ions to be violated, and
made no complaint, the' city could be
forced to pay for the work done.
At another time in the evening
complaint was made by some of the
councilmen'that the Oregon Engineer
ing & Construction company did not
always wet down the. streets before
rolling (town surfacing.
" It is belieTw'.by tie eouncilmen that
threat of revoca?Irnof contracts will
be sufficient to improyrf done by
the contracting company. -S,e.y'ere
criticism was also made of the nun.
ner in waich the concern was delaying
certain work, and there was talk of
revoking these contracts, or demand
ing the forfeit of payment, as provid
ed in the contract for work not com
pleted with specified time.
DROWNING YOUTH
SEES BRIGHT LIGHT
While wading in the Willamette river
Tuesday evening near Canemah,
Harry Divons, the four-year old son of
H. Divons, stepped off the shelving
bank and disappeared beneath the sur
face of the water. Many people wit
nessed the aeident, and screams for
he'p brough Walter Grosserbacher to
the scene. He dived into the river,
and after some difficulty recovered
the unconscious form of the small boy,
and brough him to shore.
- It took fifteen minutes work on the
art of the resetter and others to re
store the lad to consciousness, but
persistency with with first-aid meth
ods finally caused the boy to sit up
and ask "What were all those bright
lights I saw?"
The boy was later sent to the home
of his parents, where he appeared to
be none the worse for his adventure.
A short time before the accident to
the Divons lad, M)rs. Peter Smith, who
was also wading in the river, stepped
upon a rusty spike and seriously hurt
her foot. , .
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 6. A number of
the Progressive party here joined to
day in sending a telegram to Colonel
Roosevelt, who is in the Southwest re
minding him of the first birthday an
niversary of their party. It was one
year ago today that the organization
of the Progressive party was completed.
the GRAND Today
"The Regiment of Two"
IN TWO PARTS By Anthony E. Wills.
A refined and extremely laughable comedy . As refreshing as a Sum
mer shower.
Two gay husbands organize a-regimsnt-of their own." They go fish
ing and cover themselves with glory
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The management will back this picture to a finish because it is great
SECOND ANNEXATION ELECTION
RESULTS IN WORSE DEFEAT
THAN FIRST TRIAL
! STEAMBOAT CREWS CAST BALLOT
Citizens of Older Town Now Rely Up
on Promises of West Linn and
Will Be Ready to Join
New City Soon
Willamette lost its second annexa
tion election Wednesday by six votes,
somewhat worse thon than the first
defeat, when but three ba'Jots stood
between the city and its ambitions to
increase its size and take in territory
embracing some two-fifth of the mill
property and the major part of the
school district in which it lies. There
was no vote cast in Willamette prop
er, but the vote in the territory which
it was hoped would be joined to the
city was 31 against annexation and
25 in favor of it.
Three families known to be opposed
to the annexation moved into the ter
ritory effected, and established resi
dence in ample time to cast a ballot
at the polls. In addition to this, it
is said, the members of the crews of
two river steamers also voted in the
election, and it is presumed that thej
voted against annexation.
When the resu't of the ballotting
became known, there was a confer
ence of leaders of the city, and after
some discussion it was decided not to
contest the election, but to rely upon
the promises made by the proposed
city of West Linn, promoters of which
have already offered to annex Willam
ette to their town, and make one big
city upon the west side of the river.
Those interested in the incorpora
tion of West Linn, and the people of
Willamette, have both been seeking
territory immediately adjacent to
Willamette's present boundaries.
There has been considerable feeling
shown over the outcome of the vot
ing, but now that Willamette's de
sires have been twice defeated, it is
said that "the hatchet" will be buried,
and that hereafter Willamette will
make preparations for becoming a
part of West Linn. People of Willam
ette claimed that, they only sought to
have their city's territory increased so.
that they might be sure of the bene
fits of the school district, in which
they were situated, and not to gain
the money, that would accrue from
the taxation of the valuable mill prop
erty which was incidentally involved
in the question. .
MEDICAL CONGRESS
. MEETS AT L
. LONDON, Aug. 6. Seven thousand
mul-yit jaysieians and surgeons, rep
resenting
aliied professions of
medicine and su?gery in Europe, Am
erica and o:her nait of the ' world.
were present today at tb.3 f'trnxal open
ing of tue seventeenth HieetiiiiJ" the
International Congress of MediC!A;
The opening took place in Albert Hal"
where the delegates assembled to lis-'
ten to an address of greeting by the -:
Duke of Connaught. Sir Thomas Bar
low, president of the congress, occu
pied the chair. Among those grouped
about the president "on the platform
were a number of noted puysicians
and educators of the United States
and Canada.
The congres will continue its ses
sions six days. For purposes of dis
cussion and clinical demonstrations it
will be divided into numerous sections,
each of which wi'l take up a separata
branch of medical science. The pro
gramme is remarkable in its range
and comprehensiveness, and it deals
with many matters that have a lay as
well as merely professional interest.
Especial attention is to be given to
diseases of children. Radiology also
will be a leading subject of discus
sion. Col. Gorgas and other Ameri
can service doctors will be especially
prominent in the section devoted to
naval and military medicine. Col.
Gorgas will address the congress on
"Sanitary Organization in the Tropics"
on which subject he is regarded as
one of the foremost authorities in the
world.
Coast Athletic Meet
VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 6. Never be
fore has an athletic meet in this sec
tion brought toeether such classy ath
letes as those who rounded up at Oak
Bay park to-day to compete in the in
ternational track and field champion
ships of the Pacific coast. Included
among the entrants were star perform
ers from San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Portland, Seattle, Spokane and the
larger cities of British Columbia.